Navaho

[ nav-uh-hoh, nah-vuh- ]

/ ˈnæv əˌhoʊ, ˈnɑ və- /

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noun, adjective plural Nav·a·hos, Nav·a·hoes, (especially collectively) Nav·a·ho,

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Words nearby Navaho

nautical mile, nautiloid, nautilus, nautophone, NAV, Navaho, navaid, Navajo, Navajo Mountain, Navajos, naval

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How to use Navaho in a sentence

The same table that gives us the Uta and Navaho vocabularies, gives us a Moqui one also.
Opuscula|Robert Gordon Latham
Space does not permit mention of many who have worked with the Navaho language.
Little Man's Family|J. B. Enochs
Antonio Narbona came from the province of Chihuahua, as lieutenant of soldiers sent to repel a Navaho raid.
Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume XX|Various
For over twenty-five years the United States government had much difficulty with the Navaho.
Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume XX|Various

But he was able to control himself enough to follow other crewmen down a hall of the station toward the Navaho.
Badge of Infamy|Lester del Rey

British Dictionary definitions for Navaho

Navaho

Navajo

/ (ˈnævəˌhəʊ, ˈnɑː-) /

noun

plural -ho, -hos, -hoes, -jo, -jos or -joes a member of a North American Indian people of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah

the language of this people, belonging to the Athapascan group of the Na-Dene phylum

Word Origin for Navaho

C18: from Spanish Navajó pueblo, from Tena Navahu large planted field

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